Name: Anonymous 2008-12-07 18:46
Most of these claims are blatantly spurious. We must recognize, however, that truth is complex.
I was told early in my schooling that water conducts electricity. ‘That’s why,’ declared my teacher, ‘you should be careful about water on laundry floors.’ Years later I was taught that water does not conduct electricity, it is only the impurities in water that allow conduction. Still later I learnt that water does conduct electricity, it is just that it does not conduct it very much. Truth is indeed complex, and in the Bible God has entrusted us with spiritual truth in all its complexity.
I was told early in my schooling that water conducts electricity. ‘That’s why,’ declared my teacher, ‘you should be careful about water on laundry floors.’ Years later I was taught that water does not conduct electricity, it is only the impurities in water that allow conduction. Still later I learnt that water does conduct electricity, it is just that it does not conduct it very much. Truth is indeed complex, and in the Bible God has entrusted us with spiritual truth in all its complexity.